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- Home Bahadur
Read about how Home Bahadur's life was transformed by a project in Nepal supported by Deaf Child Worldwide
- Ms Yao Change Zheng
A parent in China explains some of the benefits of becoming involved in her son's bilingual education programme.
- Joseph
Read about how Joesph got a chance to go to school, thanks to the work of Deaf Child Worldwide in Bushenyi District.
- Kobusingye Jovia
Kobusingye Jovia spoke up during a Parents Group meeting to say:
“Before the this project started and before the Deaf children could come to school and learn sign language, these children were not treated as children or as members of the family. Now everyone knows that they are children and they are learning”
- Tunde
Tunde talks about his twin sister's deafness, what he has learnt from her. He also shares advice for others with brothers and sisters who are deaf.
- Angel
- Angel is a 38 year old deaf man. He is a role model for deaf children in Croatia. He tells us about his childhood and the importance of communication.
- Snigdha Sarkar
- Indian law says that every disabled child should be able to study in a regular school if that is their choice - but Snigdha had to struggle to make sure her deaf daughter, Sneha, could get the opportunities she was entitled to. Read Snigdha's story of her life as the mother of a deaf child.
- Fatima and Saynab
Saynab is a deaf girl from Hargeisa in Somaliland. No one understood Saynab until she went to school. This is the story of how Saynab and her mother, Fatima, got to know each other.
- Dinah Achieng
- Dinah Achieng's poem You have to be deaf to understand? captures her experience of being deaf.
- Nhloso
- This is Nhloso’s story, a young deaf boy from the KwaZulu Province in South Africa.
- Padelia Namundjebo
- Padelia tells us about her life as a young deaf woman in Namibia, including her work as a sign language teacher and a hearing aid technician.
- Felicia Tendo Foinmbam
- Felicia talks about her personal experience as a parent with three hearing impaired children.
- K. Vijaya Kumar
- Vijaya Kumar talks about his acheivements in deaf sports.
- Ms. M. Satya Sarojini
- Satya Sarojini describes how she represented India at the Deaflympics and talks about her ongoing relationship with the Omkar and Lions School for the Deaf.
- Nanyeni Paulie Linekela
- Paulie describes how he was able to complete secondary education and become the only hearing impaired Namibian to attend the University of Namibia.
- Nirmala
- Nirmala describes how her search for education for her two deaf children led to a new job!
- Teofila (Pilar) Lutao
- Teofila Lutao talks about raising her daughter who was born deaf and her dream of helping deaf children who live in rural Philippnes and have no access to deaf-friendly education.
- Rajat Sachdeva
- Rajat is 20 years old. He was born deaf and is now a student in college. He has lots of friends - both deaf and hearing.
- Favour Dan
Favour Dan talks about her first day at the Model School for the deaf in Enugu, Nigeria.
- James Aniyamuzaala
- James Aniyamuzaala describes growing up in Uganda and how he and fellow disabled students demanded special consideration at their school.
- Kenneth Diouf
- Kenneth Diouf describes growing up with a hearing impairment in Niger and talks about how moving to Nigeria changed his life.
- Sarah Hafer
- Sarah will be beginning her graduate study in Linguistics at the University of Oregon in fall 2004. Read her story.
- Rachel Yaapoka Grushie
- Rachel lives in Ghana and has achieved her dream of establishing a nursery school for deaf kids.
- Ijeoma Ifediora
- Ijeoma Ifediora attends the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Read Ijeoma's story as he shares his experiences of growing up with a hearing impairment.
- Kevin Xirum
- Kevin went to Bolivia in South America for ten weeks to gain knowledge about the life of Deaf children in a developing country.
- Muhammad Akram
- Akram lives in Pakistan and lost his hearing when he was a teenager - read his story
- Umesh Grover
- Umesh became deaf at the age of five. Read his story and find out why he started his own deaf club.
- Zelna & James Black
- Zelna and James Black live in Pretoria, South Africa and are the parents of a six-year old deaf boy
- Adewale Elisha Adeyanju
Adewale tells his story about how he became deaf at the age of six and his achievements since
- Helga McGilp
- Read about Helga McGilp's visit to a school for the deaf in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Heidi Fitch
- Read about Heidi Fitch's experiences teaching deaf children in Nepal.
- Paul Boyden
- Read Paul Boyden's story and find out how he has been providing positive role models for other deaf children and young deaf people.
